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Post by Green Baron on Sept 21, 2017 23:15:13 GMT -5
When the decision was made to not allow games section posts to count anymore, it was done because every post was either just a name of a song title that was going to be saved from the Danger Zone or a +/- 10 points for a survivor game. It took little effort to do so, and thus it was decided that we would no longer reward people for these posts since they were of minimal effort.
Now it's 2017, and the only thing that happens in the Games section are Rankdowns, so much that we might as well retitle it the Rankdown Section from now on. However, posts in rankdowns are pretty much on the same level as posts in the actual music section in terms of content and effort. We're not just listing one song title and saving it, we're writing paragraph-long discussions about songs, their placements and their qualities or lack thereof. Since we don't have Danger Zones or Survivors anymore, I propose that we let posts in the Games section count again because they're no different than a forum post and this would bring more accuracy in terms of how active posters are.
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Post by maine on Sept 22, 2017 0:43:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I wouldn't mind if posts in the games forum started counting again.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 22, 2017 0:47:14 GMT -5
I 100% agree with this. The Games forum is actually one of the most common places to have substantial musical discussions these days!
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Post by boysilver400 on Sept 22, 2017 8:28:14 GMT -5
This needs to happen because then I'd finally become a gold member!
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Normi
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Post by Normi on Sept 22, 2017 8:32:51 GMT -5
Well I'm still thinking put make two sub-boards for games: One for rankdowns and the other one for all other games The rankdown posts could count while the others don't
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 22, 2017 11:05:26 GMT -5
Well I'm still thinking put make two sub-boards for games: One for rankdowns and the other one for all other games The rankdown posts could count while the others don't In that case, can we add the song tournaments to the rankdown section because a lot of people actually express their thoughts about songs in their posts?
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Normi
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Post by Normi on Sept 22, 2017 11:09:03 GMT -5
Well I'm still thinking put make two sub-boards for games: One for rankdowns and the other one for all other games The rankdown posts could count while the others don't In that case, can we add the song tournaments to the rankdown section because a lot of people actually express their thoughts about songs in their posts? Well, I think that shouldn't be included because there are few actual discussions taking place Could be though But if we include that we could also consider that game and that one which is why it should probably be exclusively RDs ...I'm not a mod
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 22, 2017 11:11:42 GMT -5
In that case, can we add the song tournaments to the rankdown section because a lot of people actually express their thoughts about songs in their posts? Well, I think that shouldn't be included because there are few actual discussions taking place Could be though But if we include that we could also consider that game and that one which is why it should probably be exclusively RDs ...I'm not a mod Lol that's a valid point (about discussions not taking place in song tournaments) Yeah I guess just rankdowns would be fine in that case. I probably would have way more posts if rankdowns counted lol
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Post by woods on Sept 22, 2017 11:13:58 GMT -5
There should be a poll added for this thread.
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Post by graham on Sept 22, 2017 15:39:42 GMT -5
Yes, cause half of my posts are there and they should still count as posts. In rankdowns, your talking about music.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 15:48:56 GMT -5
Yes, cause I'd be 2 or 3x platinum if so. It's also the main forum I post in.
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Green Baron
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 23, 2017 17:48:15 GMT -5
I think the people have spoken.
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Post by crazyb on Sept 23, 2017 22:30:26 GMT -5
I would say over 75% of my posts have been in the games forum. +1
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 23, 2017 22:38:38 GMT -5
Whoever is voting no - show yourself. Don't try to hide behind the anonymity. Otherwise you're voting no just for the fuck of it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 23:33:09 GMT -5
Danger zones should make a comback
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 23:33:59 GMT -5
Danger zones should make a comback Nah it put people on too much stress.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Sept 24, 2017 22:06:52 GMT -5
I do agree that the discussions and things that have taken place within the tournaments and rankdowns have been more substantial throughout the last few months and should count. ETA: Please look into this Juan Carlos and Kurt when you have a chance. Thanks!
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Post by willapted33 on Sept 25, 2017 3:52:35 GMT -5
I'd have well over 1k by now if they did count so I'd love for them to count and I agree that it's now one of the more common places to have a discussion
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Post by crazyb on Sept 27, 2017 19:34:06 GMT -5
Guess that's a no then.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 19:46:43 GMT -5
Just give em time. They'll look into this eventually. (The staff)
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Sept 28, 2017 1:32:07 GMT -5
Just give em time. They'll look into this eventually. (The staff) They have probably seen this and are discussing it privately and then they will hopefully make a statement when they reach a consensus.
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Post by LBTrocks on Sept 30, 2017 21:01:55 GMT -5
I think they should be.
For me, it's pretty black and white. The post count is for all posts made on Pulse. The Games forum is a section of Pulse, therefore is included in this. If Games forum posts don't count, then the post count is completely inaccurate. I mean, it's not a huge deal one way or the other, but I see little point in having an inaccurate post count attached to your profile.
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Post by jhomes87 on Sept 30, 2017 22:34:16 GMT -5
Posts from the games forum will now be counted in post totals :)
I knew y'all missed me ;)
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 30, 2017 22:49:56 GMT -5
Now watch @walker9's post count explode
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Oct 1, 2017 1:04:33 GMT -5
Posts from the games forum will now be counted in post totals :) I knew y'all missed me ;)
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Post by jhomes87 on Oct 1, 2017 1:06:26 GMT -5
Is there a way to retroactively apply game post totals? Unfortunately, no. We can manually adjust a person's post count (hence why I have 15,000+ rather than, like, 40 lol) but there's no way to know for sure how many posts weren't previously counted, unless you were to add all of them up manually...which would take forever.
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 1, 2017 15:07:27 GMT -5
Posts from the games forum will now be counted in post totals :) I knew y'all missed me ;) You've certainly made a lot of people happy today.
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Post by NeRD on Oct 3, 2017 15:58:02 GMT -5
Why do post counts matter this much?
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Post by Normi on Oct 3, 2017 17:01:03 GMT -5
Why do post counts matter this much? Because it reflects how active a poster is For example if you see somebody has been on here for 3 years but is still a new member according to his post count he feels rather non-important yet a poster that's been here for 6 months with over 1,000 posts feels more relevant Difference: the 3 year old poster has thousands of posts in the games forum discussing songs while the 6 month old poster is always in the chart threads saying : uuh i hate that this song is high or [insert female pop act here] is over That's why it's important too many
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Post by maine on Oct 3, 2017 17:59:34 GMT -5
Why do post counts matter this much? I like being able to measure how much of a life I don't have.
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